docs: document D1 deployment flow

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Clearity is a workspace, client, and contract management platform for managed office operations. It tracks clients, contacts, addresses, rooms, services, bookings, contracts, invoices, and workspace admins from a SvelteKit dashboard.
 
-The app is built with SvelteKit, Svelte 5, shadcn-svelte, Superforms, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, SQLite/libSQL, and Cloudflare Workers.
+The app is built with SvelteKit, Svelte 5, shadcn-svelte, Superforms, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, SQLite/libSQL for local development, Cloudflare D1 for production, and Cloudflare Workers.
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -52,19 +52,26 @@ pnpm db:studio    # Open Drizzle Studio
 pnpm gen          # Regenerate Cloudflare Worker types
 ```
 
-## Environment Variables
+## Environment Variables And Bindings
 
 Required:
 
-- `DATABASE_URL`: SQLite/libSQL connection URL. Use `file:local.db` for local development.
+- `DATABASE_URL`: SQLite/libSQL connection URL for local development. Use `file:local.db`.
 - `ORIGIN`: Public app origin, for example `http://localhost:5173` locally or `https://clearity.example.com` in production.
 - `BETTER_AUTH_SECRET`: Secret used by Better Auth.
 
+Production also requires the Cloudflare D1 binding named `DB`, configured in `wrangler.jsonc`. Do not set `DATABASE_URL` in production unless you intentionally want to use a hosted libSQL database instead of D1.
+
 ## Database
 
 The application schema lives in `src/lib/server/db`. Drizzle migration files live in `drizzle`.
 
-Local development currently uses the libSQL client through `DATABASE_URL`, so the fastest local database is a SQLite file:
+Runtime database selection is:
+
+- If `DATABASE_URL` is set, Clearity uses the libSQL driver.
+- If `DATABASE_URL` is not set and the Cloudflare `DB` binding exists, Clearity uses Drizzle's Cloudflare D1 driver.
+
+The fastest local database is a SQLite file:
 
 ```sh
 DATABASE_URL=file:local.db pnpm db:migrate
@@ -77,6 +84,14 @@ pnpm db:generate
 DATABASE_URL=file:local.db pnpm db:migrate
 ```
 
+To test against Wrangler's local D1 simulator instead, leave `DATABASE_URL` unset, apply migrations locally, and run the app through the Cloudflare Worker build:
+
+```sh
+pnpm build
+pnpm wrangler d1 migrations apply clearity-production --local
+pnpm wrangler dev
+```
+
 ## Production Deployment
 
 The Worker is configured in `wrangler.jsonc` and built with the SvelteKit Cloudflare adapter.
@@ -91,10 +106,10 @@ pnpm wrangler whoami
 Create a production D1 database:
 
 ```sh
-pnpm wrangler d1 create clearity-production
+pnpm wrangler d1 create clearity-production --binding DB
 ```
 
-Wrangler prints a `database_id`. Add it to `wrangler.jsonc`:
+Wrangler prints a `database_id`. Replace the placeholder in `wrangler.jsonc`:
 
 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -102,7 +117,8 @@ Wrangler prints a `database_id`. Add it to `wrangler.jsonc`:
 		{
 			"binding": "DB",
 			"database_name": "clearity-production",
-			"database_id": "<database_id>"
+			"database_id": "<database_id>",
+			"migrations_dir": "drizzle"
 		}
 	]
 }
@@ -117,9 +133,7 @@ pnpm gen
 Apply SQL migrations to the remote D1 database:
 
 ```sh
-for file in drizzle/*.sql; do
+pnpm wrangler d1 migrations apply clearity-production --remote
-	pnpm wrangler d1 execute clearity-production --remote --file "$file"
-done
 ```
 
 Set production secrets:
@@ -129,11 +143,7 @@ pnpm wrangler secret put ORIGIN
 pnpm wrangler secret put BETTER_AUTH_SECRET
 ```
 
-This codebase currently reads the database through `DATABASE_URL`. If production is deployed against Cloudflare D1, wire the runtime database client to the `DB` D1 binding before deploying. If production is deployed against a hosted libSQL database instead, set `DATABASE_URL` as a Worker secret:
+Production uses the `DB` binding by default. `DATABASE_URL` is only needed as a production secret if you intentionally deploy against a hosted libSQL database instead of D1.
-
-```sh
-pnpm wrangler secret put DATABASE_URL
-```
 
 Build and deploy:
 

src/lib/server/auth.ts

@@ -3,13 +3,24 @@ import { drizzleAdapter } from 'better-auth/adapters/drizzle';
 import { admin } from 'better-auth/plugins';
 import { sveltekitCookies } from 'better-auth/svelte-kit';
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
+import { building } from '$app/environment';
 import { getRequestEvent } from '$app/server';
 import { db } from '$lib/server/db';
+import * as schema from '$lib/server/db/schema';
+
+const buildTimeOrigin = 'http://localhost:5173';
+const buildTimeSecret = 'clearity-build-time-placeholder-secret';
+
+const origin = env.ORIGIN ?? (building ? buildTimeOrigin : undefined);
+const secret = env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET ?? (building ? buildTimeSecret : undefined);
+
+if (!origin) throw new Error('ORIGIN is not set');
+if (!secret) throw new Error('BETTER_AUTH_SECRET is not set');
 
 export const auth = betterAuth({
-	baseURL: env.ORIGIN,
+	baseURL: origin,
-	secret: env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET,
+	secret,
-	database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: 'sqlite' }),
+	database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: 'sqlite', schema }),
 	emailAndPassword: {
 		enabled: true,
 		disableSignUp: true

src/lib/server/db/index.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,74 @@
-import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
-import { createClient } from '@libsql/client';
-import * as schema from './schema';
 import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
+import { getRequestEvent } from '$app/server';
+import { createClient, type Client } from '@libsql/client';
+import { drizzle as drizzleD1, type DrizzleD1Database } from 'drizzle-orm/d1';
+import { drizzle as drizzleLibSQL, type LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
+import * as schema from './schema';
 
-if (!env.DATABASE_URL) throw new Error('DATABASE_URL is not set');
+type Schema = typeof schema;
+type LocalDatabase = LibSQLDatabase<Schema> & { $client: Client };
+type D1DatabaseClient = DrizzleD1Database<Schema> & { $client: D1Database };
 
-const client = createClient({ url: env.DATABASE_URL });
+export type Database = LocalDatabase;
+export type RuntimeDatabase = LocalDatabase | D1DatabaseClient;
 
-export const db = drizzle(client, { schema });
+let localDb: LocalDatabase | undefined;
+const d1Databases = new WeakMap<D1Database, D1DatabaseClient>();
+
+function getD1Binding() {
+	try {
+		return getRequestEvent().platform?.env.DB;
+	} catch {
+		return undefined;
+	}
+}
+
+function getLocalDb() {
+	if (localDb) return localDb;
+	if (!env.DATABASE_URL)
+		throw new Error('DATABASE_URL is not set and no Cloudflare D1 DB binding is available');
+
+	const client = createClient({ url: env.DATABASE_URL });
+	localDb = drizzleLibSQL(client, { schema });
+
+	return localDb;
+}
+
+function getD1Db(binding: D1Database) {
+	const cached = d1Databases.get(binding);
+	if (cached) return cached;
+
+	const database = drizzleD1(binding, { schema });
+	d1Databases.set(binding, database);
+
+	return database;
+}
+
+export function getDb(): RuntimeDatabase {
+	if (env.DATABASE_URL) return getLocalDb();
+
+	const d1Binding = getD1Binding();
+	if (d1Binding) return getD1Db(d1Binding);
+
+	return getLocalDb();
+}
+
+export const db = new Proxy({} as Database, {
+	get(_target, property) {
+		const database = getDb();
+		const value = Reflect.get(database, property);
+		return typeof value === 'function' ? value.bind(database) : value;
+	},
+	getOwnPropertyDescriptor(_target, property) {
+		return Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(getDb(), property);
+	},
+	getPrototypeOf() {
+		return Reflect.getPrototypeOf(getDb());
+	},
+	has(_target, property) {
+		return property in getDb();
+	},
+	ownKeys() {
+		return Reflect.ownKeys(getDb());
+	}
+});

worker-configuration.d.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
-// Generated by Wrangler by running `wrangler types` (hash: 61c64c9cd1c2465ff3a92bc5ac82d57d)
+// Generated by Wrangler by running `wrangler types` (hash: f6e835394237f01fba038726e2d4f9ae)
 // Runtime types generated with workerd@1.20260521.1 2026-05-23 nodejs_als
 interface __BaseEnv_Env {
+	DB: D1Database;
 	ASSETS: Fetcher;
-	DATABASE_URL: string;
-	ORIGIN: string;
-	BETTER_AUTH_SECRET: string;
 }
 declare namespace Cloudflare {
 	interface Env extends __BaseEnv_Env {}

wrangler.jsonc

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 		"binding": "ASSETS",
 		"directory": ".svelte-kit/cloudflare"
 	},
+	"d1_databases": [
+		{
+			"binding": "DB",
+			"database_name": "clearity-production",
+			"database_id": "<replace-with-d1-database-id>",
+			"migrations_dir": "drizzle"
+		}
+	],
 	"workers_dev": true,
 	"preview_urls": true
 }